Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pos pn] right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was gardening and he said er er I bent over to do something and he said I just went dizzy , he said , and I fell over he said and then I realized my right side was paralysed . |
| 2 | ‘ When that failed I stuffed my right hand down its throat to stop it biting and then smacked it twice between the eyes with my left . ’ |
| 3 | I moved my right arm . |
| 4 | Cautiously , sweating , with fiery stabs in every inch , I wormed my right hand between my body and the earth , and came to what seemed like a rod between the two . |
| 5 | I dropped my right wing suddenly as if I were turning into the cloud and immediately swung over into a steep left hand turn . |
| 6 | Here I raised my right hand and pointed my index finger straight at the bearded one . |
| 7 | ‘ I felt he was going to try and hit me again so I stuck my right hand out . |
| 8 | I went in for a tackle with Brian Mooney and I came off worse because I broke my right leg . |
| 9 | His face shrank into lines of hostility and I felt my right knee twitching with anger inside my trouser-leg . |
| 10 | As it appears from his zip top I smack my right fist into his face . |
| 11 | I retrieve my right hand , or what 's left of it , from Ernest R Dickerson 's mighty grip . |
| 12 | And er after that I think my right arm 's got badly burnt . |
| 13 | As she read her right hand strayed up to her left breast . |
| 14 | After you have stamped , you raise your right hand and , for some reason , shout , ‘ Shame the Devil ! ’ |
| 15 | You rub your right hand on your left elbow and then move the hand to her ear to see if the coin has come back yet . |
| 16 | She moved her right hand , and made contact with something which slid into her hand as though wanting to be there . |
| 17 | She winced then as she stubbed her right foot on the side of the tin bathtub . |
| 18 | She drew her right hand out from the folds of her apron and thrust a piece of paper at him , averting her eyes as she did so . |
| 19 | The girls grin did not alter at all as she drew her right hand from her sleeve , holding a large , ancient , projectile-firing pistol , and blew off a large bit of the creature 's head . |
| 20 | She lifted her right arm and brought it down in a slashing sideways sweep on to his wrist , sending the gun clattering harmlessly to the corner of the room . |
| 21 | In the dream she lifted her right hand and stretched out her arm , the tiny pistol almost lost in the palm of her hand , pointed it at the man who had once been her lover — and shot him dead . |
| 22 | She lifted her right hand and pointed vaguely across to the left-hand side of her body . |
| 23 | And you know normally with the handedness , you do n't use your left hand unless you break your right wrist or something . |
| 24 | the shock , go up to them and say you know , have you had your right amount or have you taken some sugar and very often they 'll pull up and ah yes I 've overdone it . |
| 25 | Well I can tell you if you get your right grade firstly you earn a lot more money . |
| 26 | You lift your head and arch your back and , at the same time , you lift your right foot as far off the ground as you can ( while keeping your leg straight ) . |
| 27 | With both hands she pulled her right foot out from under her left thigh and placed it flat on the green carpet as a dancer will consciously reorganize his body . |
| 28 | She waved her right hand feebly in the air , as though the bone in her wrist were broken . |
| 29 | She waved her right hand in imitation of one of his patrician gestures . |
| 30 | Reaching out , she took his right hand and placed it very gently on her breast . |